Shillong, Dec 12: Meghalaya has intensified air-quality monitoring in the industrial hub of Byrnihat—identified in recent assessments as one of the country’s most polluted towns—with Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma inaugurating a Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring System (CAAQMS) in Ri-Bhoi district, officials said.

Situated along the Assam-Meghalaya border, Byrnihat has repeatedly featured among India’s worst pollution hotspots in studies by IQAir and the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, they added.

According to officials, the newly installed CAAQMS will generate real-time data on key air-quality parameters, enabling authorities to take timely corrective measures and frame evidence-based environmental policies.

Earlier in Shillong, Sangma, who also heads the Forests

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